Vacancy at CLARIN ERIC: Member of the Board of Directors

Introduction

As of September 2023, the CLARIN European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CLARIN

European Research Infrastructure Consortium

See: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-2020-2024/our-digital-future/european-research-infrastructures/eric_en

) will have an opening for the position of member of the Board of Directors (0.2 fte) who will work closely together with the other directors. The appointment will be for a term of two years, with the possibility of prolongation for another term of two years.

The mission of CLARIN ERIC is to develop and maintain Europe’s common language resources and technology infrastructure. At the same time CLARIN serves as an ecosystem for the exchange of knowledge and experience that is crucial for the uptake of CLARIN within the domains in which digital scholarship is rapidly developing, in particular in the social sciences and humanities.

The tasks to be taken up by the new member of the Board of Directors (

Board of Directors

) follow on from the responsibilities of CLARIN's executive body:

• to prepare and implement strategic action lines needed for the smooth operation of CLARIN ERIC, the further articulation and implementation of the prevailing value proposition and the consolidation of the technological maturity of CLARIN
• to optimise the conditions for a sustainable future of CLARIN ERIC
• to foster the effective collaboration between the various bodies that are responsible for the governance of CLARIN ERIC
• to ensure optimal alignment of the agenda of the BoD with the strategy and activities of the National Coordinators’ Forum (
  National Coordinators Forum
  See: https://www.clarin.eu/governance/national-coordinators-forum
  ) and the Strategy and Management Board (SAMBA), and to support the coordination between the national consortia

Instruments are in place to implement the CLARIN strategy and the envisaged activities to be undertaken, but the development of new action lines that would support the agreed strategic planning would be welcomed.

Envisaged Profile

In view of the current stage of development of the CLARIN infrastructure, the profiles of the other members of the BoD, and the challenges that CLARIN is facing, applications are solicited from candidates with a profile that ideally would include the following elements:

• a clear vision on how CLARIN can reach out to existing and new scholarly communities of use
• a good insight into instruments that could be deployed to increase the awareness of what CLARIN has on offer among non-academics (industry,
  Galleries, Libaries, Archives, Museums
  sector, public administration, society at large)
• good understanding of what is needed to increase the potential of a research infrastructure such as CLARIN for generating impact along the dimension of societal challenges and non-academic impact at large
• proven experience in setting up and/or deploying instruments for the exchange of knowledge and expertise in a cross-national and/or multidisciplinary context
• proven expertise in the field of natural language processing, AI and technical infrastructure

In addition we expect that the suitability of candidates is also evidenced by:

• familiarity with CLARIN, its mission and vision, and the concept of a research infrastructure (

  Research Infrastructure

  ) in general
• ample engagement in one or more of the relevant networks in which the European Open Science agenda is guiding the developments
• familiarity with the dynamics in the European landscape of RI’s (e.g.
  European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures
  See: https://www.esfri.eu
  ,
  European Open Science Cloud
  See: https://www.clarin.eu/eosc
  )
• familiarity with the major scholarly paradigms in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) and the role of infrastructural support
• established connections with and good visibility in one or more of the research communities that CLARIN aims to serve and/or that contribute to the spectrum of services that CLARIN is making available
• a relevant academic track record (PhD-level, plus a convincing combination of publications and/or involvement in the development of use cases, demonstrators, tools or data sets)
• a relevant institutional affiliation that is guaranteed until at least the end of 2023
• excellent communication skills.

A balanced diversity in the composition of the BoD as a whole will be sought along all relevant dimensions, including gender and regional background.

The tasks can be carried out from the applicant’s home institute on the basis of a secondment agreement. The applicant’s home institute will be reimbursed for the release time provided to CLARIN ERIC on the basis of the applicant’s regular salary including overhead. Occasional travel to CLARIN events and participation in (virtual) meetings of the CLARIN ERIC Board of Directors is required. Funds for administrative support and a travel budget will be provided.

• Applications (including CV, publication list, statement of motivation) as well as requests for information should be sent to Patris van Boxel, CLARIN ERIC’s Chief Operations Officer, by email: patris [at] clarin.eu (patris[at]clarin[dot]eu); the phrase "BoD vacancy" should be included in the subject header.
• The application deadline is 30 June 2023.

More information about CLARIN can be found on our website www.clarin.eu.